With great attention to detail, the Medure brothers launched their flagship restaurant in 1998 with Matthew’s in San Marco. In 2001, they opened Restaurant Medure in Ponte Vedra Beach, both restaurants consistently earning the AAA Four-Diamond award. In 2011, they entered the foray of the fast-casual restaurant market delivering their trademark high standards of quality and service with the M Shack brand—serving burgers, shakes, and more. Voted “Best Burger” in Jacksonville by readers of numerous publications, the M Shack brand offers four locations in northeast Florida: Atlantic Beach, St. John’s Town Center, Riverside, and Nocatee. Chef Steve Schaefer joined the brothers in 2012 to assist with the expansion of M Shack. He is a managing partner in both restaurant brands as well as the pit master at MBQue. The chef team plan to open Rue St. Marc, a French-American inspired diner, in the fall of 2016 in Jacksonville, enlarging the M Hospitality portfolio of restaurants.

“Many folks from St. Augustine have asked us to open an M Shack in the city,” Matthew Medure says. “When a second generation restaurant became available—and with a smoker—we knew a time-honored barbeque restaurant was on the menu.” The 2,700-square-foot restaurant serves beer and wine and seats 70 diners inside and 16 diners outside.

“We make everything from scratch with high-quality ingredients at our three restaurant brands and have had a great time creating sauces, side dishes and desserts for MBQue,” he adds. “We are bringing a few M Shack favorites to MBQue such as our hand-spun milkshakes, super kale salad and our iconic M Burger.”

“Guests can look forward to traditional barbeque with high-grade meats,” Medure says. “We butcher and season—with house-made rubs—all our meats and even house-cure our ham for seven to eight days. Our smoked-meats are cooked long and slow over pecan, hickory or cherry wood,” he added. The menu includes St. Louis-style ribs, brisket with a signature 24-hour rub, sweet and spicy pulled or chopped pork, white and hot (red spicy) chicken and house-made sausage. Barbeque connoisseurs will find a selection of classic house-made sauces to please every palate.